Study Guide : Soil and Soilless Systems

What are the 5 factors influencing soil formation?

• Parent material, climate, organisms, topography, time

• Parent material, climate, organisms, topography, weathering

• Parent material, climate, organisms, topography, erosion

• Parent material, climate, organisms, topography, decomposition

What is parent material made of?

• Minerals, organic matter, air, water

• Minerals, organic matter, microorganisms, water

• Minerals, organic matter, air, microorganisms

• Minerals, organic matter, air, water, microorganisms

Name 2 forms of erosion

• Wind erosion, water erosion

• Wind erosion, soil erosion

• Water erosion, soil erosion

• Water erosion, weathering

Describe addition, reduction, translocation and transformation of soil

• Addition: deposition of new materials, Reduction: removal of materials, Translocation: movement of materials within soil, Transformation: chemical changes

• Addition: removal of materials, Reduction: deposition of new materials, Translocation: movement of materials within soil, Transformation: chemical changes

• Addition: deposition of new materials, Reduction: movement of materials within soil, Translocation: removal of materials, Transformation: chemical changes

• Addition: deposition of new materials, Reduction: removal of materials, Translocation: chemical changes, Transformation: movement of materials within soil

Be able to identify two different soil structures.

• Granular and blocky

• Granular and platy

• Blocky and platy

• Granular and prismatic

Find the similarities and differences

• Similarities: Both have soil structures, Differences: Different types of soil structures

• Similarities: Both have soil structures, Differences: Different types of soil erosion

• Similarities: Both have soil erosion, Differences: Different types of soil structures

• Similarities: Both have soil erosion, Differences: Different types of soil erosion

What does hydro mean?

• Water

• Air

• Soil

• Plant

What does ponics/pono mean?

• Work

• Grow

• Study

• Learn

What is hydroponics?

• Growing plants in water

• Growing plants in air

• Growing plants in soil

• Growing plants in sunlight

What are the two main types of hydroponic systems?

• Nutrient film technique (NFT) and deep water culture (DWC)

• Ebb and flow (flood and drain) and aeroponics

• Drip system and wick system

• Vertical farming and container gardening